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November 2008
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Return to Civvy Street: what happened to the demobbed soldiers of the Great War?
Military Burials: a tour of pre-world war military graveyards in foreign lands
How to order WWI service records
Colin Chapman gives first hand experience on the Isle of Man sources
Confined to the bin: lost family heirlooms and those that survived
Top 10 records held at Manchester Archives & Local Studies
Pals Battalions: a whole generation of young men perished in World War I
Postcards for your Family History
Parochical Miscellany: Discovering Documents, an examination of three parish records
The Art of War: artists who became hospital orderlies in WWI and produced unique records of their experiences
Eliza’s Story: a soldier’s wife in the 19th century
A Russian Hero from Liverpool: tracing a great-uncle’s real wartime tale through photos, diaries and service records
Legal Eagle: how 19th century legal documents vividly evoke the lives of a Scottish farming family
Two Walters, Two Wars: research took a reader on a poignant journey into her WWI ancestor’s past
Foundling Hospital: how to trace your foundling forebears and the history of the London Foundling Hospital, set up in 1739
Illiterate or just Plain Drunk? Why were some of our ancestors unable to sign their names on the marriage or baptism register?
Seize the Day: top research tips for those with very little time
Identify your Grandpa’s Cap Badge: Part 3 – examining military hat and cap badges
Polish Ancestry: a look at Polish genealogy in the latest part of this series on tracing European roots
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